HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 01232007 - C.26 IN THE MATTER OF HONORING RESOLUTION NO. 2007/131
DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDER,
EVANGELINE BROWN
TO COMMEMORATE HER RETIREMENT
WHEREAS, Evangeline Brown is"retiring fi-n the Office of Public Defender after 26 years; and
WHEREAS, Evangeline'Brown graduated from,ahe University'of New''Mexico.with her BA in
English in 1969; and then-graduated from UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law with her
JD in 1977;acid
WHEREAS, Evangeline Brown began her career in the Department in'1981 in Richmond
misdemeanors, progressed through Richmond felonies and then.worked mi the Concord
Branch and in Martinez felonies as well-, and
WHEREAS, Evangeline Brown's career in the Department has also been markedly,devoted to the
welfare of our minor clients and their parents subject to dependency court proceedings; and
WHEREAS, Evangeline Brown has always_striven to treat her.clients with sensitivity and respect;
and
WHEREAS, Evangeline Brown has also striven=to;protect the legal rights of,those"clients through
vigorous"advocacy;
NOW THEREFORE1181T RESOLVED that the Board of Siipervsors of:the County of
Contra Costa acknowledges"and thanks Evangeline'Brown"for her dedicated service to the
Office of::Public Defender,the clients of that Office and.the people"of"flus"County on the
occasion of her"ret�leinerit as an employee of Contra Costa County.
1 MARY N. PIEPHO
C 1 Chair
District III Supervisor
Ij JOHN GIOIA GAYLE B.UILKEMA
District I Supervisor District II Supervisor
SUSAN A. BONILLA FEDERAL D. GLOVER
District IV Supervisor District V Supervisor
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" I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken
* ......1 i..' * and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date
shown:
ae ATTESTED: April 3,2007
JOHN CULLEN, Clerk of the Board of Supenisors and County
Administrator
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By ��� ,Deputy